Song of General Kim Jong Il
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Template:Infobox Korean name/categories Template:Infobox Korean name/categories Template:Infobox Korean name/categories Template:Infobox Korean name/categories Template:Infobox Korean name/categories Template:Infobox Korean name/categories Template:Infobox Korean name/categories Template:Infobox Korean name/categories Template:Infobox Korean name/categories Template:Infobox Korean name/categories Template:Infobox Korean name/categories Script error: No such module "Listen". Template:Use dmy dates The "Song of General Kim Jong Il" (Korean: Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler Kimjongil janggunui nolae) is a marching song from North Korea. It was composed by Sol Myong-sun (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 1936–2012[1]) and the words were written by Sin Un-ho (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 1941 – March 24, 2020) in 1997.[2][3]
The song praises the "Eternal General Secretary", Kim Jong Il (who ruled from 1994 until 2011) as a part of his cult of personality. During the presidency of Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il helped to run his father's own personality cult. Although the "Song of General Kim Jong Il" is not as widely popular as the "Song of General Kim Il Sung" (nor was his cult as large as his father's), it is also played regularly in North Korea.
The song is played by the North Korean state television at the start of broadcasts each day.[4] It was also played after the telecast of Kim Jong Il's memorial service on December 29, 2011. Template:Ill also plays a chime version of the first two lines of the song as its interval signal at the start of broadcasts.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
According to North Korean sources, their satellite Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2, supposedly launched in a test on April 5, 2009, is broadcasting this song amongst other data.[5]
An English version has been recorded by Ritta Dimek.[6]
See also
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- "The Song of General Kim Jong Il" (mp3) at Naenara
- Lyrics in English at Naenara
- Lyrics in Korean at Naenara
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